Rescue Wheat Honored Canadian Agricultural Scientists at Havre Banquet
More than 60 American agriculturists gathered in Havre Montana to honor Canadian researchers who developed Rescue wheat, resistant to the sawfly pest. Attendees included H L Seamans and A W Platt of Canada, and Dr C W Farstad of Lethbridge station, with praise for co operation and the project’s regional impact.
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Eee
Plains
Canada
Havre
Montana
C. Frank Steele
Canadia
H. L. Seamans
Ottawa
Dominion
Lethbridge
Alta
Etomological
W. Platt
Swift Current
C. W. Farstad
Etomological Station
George Manson
Platt
Farstad
R. D. Mercer
Bozeman
Extension Agronomist
Montana Agricultural Service
Montana Seed Growers’ Association
R. R. Renne
Montana State College
Albert Kruse
Seamans
Prairie Provinces
H. J. Kemp
Swift Current Experiment Station
New Zealand
J. G. Taggart
Saskatoon
A. W. Platt
University of Alberta
Central Experimental Farm
Department of Agriculture
Pratt
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Poles Settle Canadian Flag Tale During Polish Ceremony
Morris McDougall reports Poles settled a Canadian flag issue for a plaque ceremony honoring five Canadian airmen. They used a red field with a borrowed Union Jack and an emblem of the Canadian coat of arms. For music they had a Polish band play God Save The King then learn O Canada by whistling bars.
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Poland
Morris McDougall
Parliamentary Press Gallery
McDougall
Canada
Items of Interest From a Diverse Collection
Geoges Clemenceau once taught French for three years in a Connecticut girls school. Theodore Roosevelt at 43 became the youngest U. S. president. Oolong tea sits between black and green with slight withering after picking. Sahara desert in one day yields three times global coal use in a year. Tasmanian wolf resembles a tiger striped animal yet is a marsupial relative and not a wolf. Half a million children are desert ed globally each year. Folding fan emerged in 7th century Japan. On the west coast Chinook salmon king is the largest of five species, averaging 20 to 25 pounds.
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Robert Bean
Brookfield Zoo
Chicago
Bean
The Toy Shop Scene by Yetz Gillespie
A lyrical memory describes a green door shop tucked among brown doors with walnut scented shelves. A boy named Jack Horners recalls crimson sleds, an ark, and busy cuckoo clocks as a porcelain music box plays and a train slides through an Alpine track. The narrator wanders lost yet knows the shop remains nearby.
The Natural Color of Teeth Varies
The natural color of teeth is not white and ranges from pale ivory to a yellowish hue.
All Are Equal French Army Cut
A Paris report notes France’s armed strength could shrink to a few hundred thousand under Premier Blum’s economy program. The 650000-strong force including gendarmes and air power might drop to about 300000, comparable to Spain or Belgium, with Yugoslavia now the continent’s strongest small power at 800000.
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Paris
France
Leon Blum
Oslo
Bordeaux
Yugoslavia
Russia
Europe
Goering Jewelry Transferred to Bavarian Bank
Jewelry valued at 28 840 dollars worn by Hermann Goering during his arrest has been moved from the International Military Tribunal to the Bavarian Reichsbank.
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Munich
Herman Goering
International Military Tribunal
Reichsbank
Refugees in Pao-chi Receive 1500 Blankets
Around six thousand student refugees in Pao-chi China lived in caves and slept on mud floors when International Student Service supplied 1500 blankets at a cost of 7,500,000 Chinese dollars.
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Pao-chi
China
International Student Service
High Country Skiing in Canada’s Mountain Playgrounds Draws Crowds
Readers learn ski types in Banff Jasper and Mount Revelstoke including low country, high country, and ski mountaineering. Mount Assiniboine Sunshine district and Skoki Valley host runs with 3000 vertical feet. The Banff Winter Sports Carnival features skiing skating and more, while Jasper and Mount Revelstoke highlight record jumps and Alpine Club activities.
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Canada
Banff
Jasper
Mount Revelstoke
Mount Assiniboine
Sunshine” District
Skoki Valley
Lake Louise
Canadian Rockies
Europe
Tee Palace
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Athabaska
Tonquin Valley
Columbia Icefield
Maligne Lake
Great Columbia
Lovat
The
Alpine Club of Canada
Alpine Club
Saskatchewan
Selkirk Mountains
Blumendal
Norway
Compulsory Education Order Cited Over Penza Case
The Council of Ministers ordered the Ministry of Education to enforce Russia's universal compulsory education law after a Penza Province report found 3,000 children aged seven to 11 not attending school this year.
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Moscow
Council of Ministers
Ministry of Education
Russia
Penza
Wife Triggers Embarrassing Car Theft Stunt
A British Columbia man, A. J. Klassen, woke to his wife saying a car theft was under way. He bolted outside with a rifle, jumped on a moving running board to stop the intruder, then found his own car still where he had parked it. Police resolved the incident with Klassen blushing over the mix up.
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Newfoundland
Jim Murphy
Jimmy
Murphy
Halifax
Michael Barkway
London
Eng
Labrador
B.B.C
Goose Bay
Grenfell Mission Hospital
R.C.A.F
Gander Airport
Mid
New Westminster
B.C
A. J. Klassen
Klassen
Newest Chair Set Embroidery Pattern 7335
Practical chair set with lace edge finishing and buttonhole stitch. Pattern 7335 includes back transfer 13 by 16 inches and two armrests 6 by 12 inches. Send twenty cents in coins to the Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue E, Winnipeg, to receive the pattern. Include name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Czardines Gaffe Sparks Royal Fish Class Laughs
A playful exchange at Royal Fish School sees a student humorously mispronounce czarina and czar's children as czardines while the teacher quizzes the class on imperial titles. The moment highlights memorized terms and classroom camaraderie.
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Develo Rescue Wheat
Georges Clemenceau
Tiger
Connecticut
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Sahara Desert
the Toy Shop
Jack Horners
Noah's Ark
Yetz Gillespie
L. P. Reese
Scio
Ohio
Reese
Lene
King’s Counsel
Ottawa Journal
Goering
Flame
Royal Fish
Czar
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